In the early morning hours of May 30, 2017, the body of 38-year-old Clarence “Alex” Maddox, a male, was discovered lying facedown in a parking lot in the 3900 block of Flowers Road in Doraville, Georgia. An autopsy would later reveal that he had been shot twice in the stomach and left to die. The location of the discovery was near the bustling Buford Highway Farmers Market and a DeKalb County Schools facility, a place not typically associated with such grim findings.
The Doraville
Police Department quickly launched a homicide investigation into Maddox's death. As days turned into weeks with few leads, authorities reached out to the public for assistance in solving the crime. Initially, a reward of $2,000 was offered for any information that could lead to an arrest in the case. In a bid to generate new clues, the reward was more than doubled to $5,000.
Despite the increased reward and public appeals for information, the case of who killed Clarence 'Alex' Maddox grew cold. Information regarding any potential suspects or persons of interest was not released to the public. As time passed, no arrests were ever announced in connection with the murder. The circumstances surrounding his final moments and the motive for his killing remain an unsolved mystery, leaving his family and the community without answers or a sense of justice for his untimely death.
